Court remands woman, 40, over alleged machete attack on neighbour

Thu, Mar 4, 2021
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Judiciary

 A Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered that a 40-year-old woman, Yetunde Ajose, who allegedly cut her neighbour’s head with a machete to be remanded.
The Chief Magistrate, Patrick Adekomaiya, ordered that the defendant should be remanded at the Kirikiri Medium Correctional Centre and adjourned the case until March 8 for hearing.
Ajose was arraigned on a one-count charge of assault.
The Prosecutor, ASP Uko Ikem, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Feb. 26 at about 8.00 a.m at Idiogufe Compound, Ilado, Badagry, Lagos.
He said the defendant attacked her neighbour, Aina Agbaje, with a machete and inflicted a deep cut on her head and stomach during a misunderstanding.
The prosecutor said that the complainant had been on admission in a private hospital as a result of the attack.
He said the offence contravened Section 268 of Criminal Code, Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge. (NAN)

– Mar. 4, 2021 @ 14:24 GMT

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